Of same place



(Model.)

. J. GUSSEN.

TOBACCO BAG.

No. 355,640. Patented Jan. 4, 1887.

WITNESSES N. PETERS. Phntn-Ulhognpher. wnshinglnn. D, C.

UNITEDA STATES.

PATENT Crimen.

VILLIAM J. GUSSEN,` OFIRICHMOND, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OF 'IVO-THIRDS TO IVI. MILLHISER St GO., OF SAME PLACE.

TOBACCO-BAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 355,640, dated January 4, 1887.

Application tied september 1o, icas. serial m1213214. (Model.) I

.To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. CUssEN, 'a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond, in the county of Henrico and State of 5 Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tobacco-Bags, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates' to certain improve- Ig ments in bags for tobacco, which in prime condition necessarily 'contains a certain amount of moisture; and it has for its object to provide`for packing the tobacco in an original package from which portions may be taken from time to time, the bag being of s'uch nature as to preserve the tobacco in its original condition by retaining the moisture until it is exhausted.

The invention further has for4 its object to 2O provide a bag which will be sufficiently ornamental to serve as apouch forcarrying the tobacco about the person, and which may, by means of a string concealed in ailap or pocket ,which seals the mouth of the bag primarily,

be secured around the tobaccoV as it is diminished by use, so as to preserve the tobacco always in prime condition. These objects I attain by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which#- Figure l represents a perspective view of a bag packed and formingan original package. Fig. 2 represents a similar view' of the bag after it has been opened, sh'owing the means for securing it to' prevent evaporation. Fig.

3 5 3 represents aview showing the flap or pocket carrying the concealed string, with the string partially drawn out; and Fig. 4, a modification of my invention in which a hook is employed in connection with the liap in place of 40 the string Ato secure the bag after it has been opened.

The letter A indicates a bag which is provided with the usual hem at the top, and drawing strings, by means of which it may be closed. Near the upper edge, at one side, is a iiap or pocket, B, which is secured tothe inside of the bag in such manner that it may be brought over the edge opposite to that to which it is attached, when required, as shown 5o in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings.

The bag may be constructed of a single piece of fabric, which is chemically or otherwise prepared so as to retain the moisture of the contents when packed, but it is'preferably made of two thicknesses of material, or, in other Words, in the form of a double bag, or

an external bag and an internal lining, the internal bag or lining being chemically or otherwise prepared to retain the moisture ofthe inclosed article. Within the ilap or pocket is 60 secureda concealed string, D, one end of which projects slightly through a suitable aperture, for the purpose hereinafter explained.

In the modification shown in Fig. 4 a hook,

E, is employed in connection with the flap or pocket instead of the string D.

To pack the bag, the iap orpocket is drawn out in the position shown in Fig. 3, and the tobacco or other article is forced in in the usual manner, the flap or pocket containing the concealed string keeping the said string out ofthe way and in position/ready for use subsequently. When properly filled, the Hap is folded over the tobacco 'inside of the bag and the draw-strings drawn so' as to close the 75 bag, the bag serving as a seal to prevent the escape of moisture and any possible wasteof tobacco. The drawstrings are then tied and the package is ready for the market.

'When required for use, the strings are un- 80 tied and the bag opened in the usual manner, and after a sufficient quantity of tobacco is removed for immediate use the flap is brought over the edge of the bag to the outside thereof, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, and the iiap 'se- 85 cured. vThis may be done by drawing out the concealed string D and tying it around the bag, as shown in Fig. 2, or by means of the hook E, as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings. As the tobacco is used from time to time the 9c Hap is drawn down and the empty portion drawn down over the unemptied' portion and secured as before.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, with a tobacco-"bag, of a flap secured to the mouth atone side and a fastening device securedto said flap, the flap serving as a seal to the original' package and 10o in connection with the fastening device to se- In testimony whereof I afx my signature in eure the bag While in use, substantially as presence of two Witnesses. specified.

2. A, bag. for tobacco or other material, hav- WILLIAM J. CUSSEN. 5 ing a flap near the edge on one side, the said flap containing a concealed stri ng, which may Witnesses: be drawn out and tied around the bag to se- WV. D. ALEXANDER, cure it, substantially as specified. C. D. DAVIS. 

